Improvement in clothes-pounders



L. GOPLIN. Clothes-Founder.

Patented June17, 1879.

j iueatar V31) Witnesses, W @d HJW Himmel).

N,PETERS. PMOT LIT oaRAFH WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES LAFAYETTE OOPLIN, OF HEBRON, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH ES-POUNDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No 216,604, dated J une 17, 1879-; application iled March 7, 1879.

To all whom i1, may concern:

Be it known that I, LAFAYETTE GoPLIN, of Hebron, Porter county, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements n Clothes-Founders 5 and I hereby decla-re the saine to be fully, clearly, and exactly described as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the device complete; Fig. 2, a central sectional view of one of the pounders; Fig. 3, a bottom plan of the same.

This invention relates to what are known as atmospheric clothes-pounders,7 adapted to inclose a body 0f air, which is expelled as the pounder is brought down upon the clothes, driving before it the water, which, passing through the fabric, cleanses it; and my sa-id invention consists in certain features a-nd details of' construction, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A is a tub of ordinary construction,having a standard, a, firmly secured centrally upon its bottom by screws a' passing through the base a. Tile standard terminates above in a handle, B,

- through which passes a rod, b, that terminates in a bearing for the rock-shaft C. A pin, b', secures the rod to the rock-shaft.

D D are thcpounders, which are adjustably pivoted at c c to the rock-shaft by means of pins c' c', that pass through the rods d d and the shaft. One end of the latter is extended to form a handle.

The construction of the pounders is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. They consist of cones E, of suitable material, tin being preferred, firmly secured to a central tube, c, in which the rod F is stepped. The lower end of the tube is hanged atf, in order to retain the sliding part Gr, which is mounted thereon, and consists of a tube, y, carrying two or more conical flanges,

H H. The outer one is secured to a plate, h, perforated as shown,and supported by bars t' which connect it with the bearing I. Between the latter and the apex ofthe cone E a spring, K, is mounted upon the tube c. The inner flange, H', is pertbrated, as shown, near itsjunetion with the base L. The flanges H H are parallel with the outer cone, Eainto contact with which the flange H comes when retracted, expelling the water.

In operation, the handle upon the end of the rock-shaft is raised and lowered in the usual way, brin gin g the pounders alternate] y down upon the clothes in the tub. As the sliding part Gr of the pounder is compressed within the cone, the water is forced therefrmn through the fabric, thoroughly cleansing it. The rod b being pivoted, as shown, within the handle B, admits ofthe pounders being moved around the central shaft, as may be desired.

The handle B is very handy in moving the tub to or from the water-supply, the rock-shaft and pounders bein g removed or Ilot, as the servw vice of but one hand are needed for lif carrying the tub.

Instead of making the-poilu xs vertically adjustable upon the rock-sha1 or in addition thereto, the latter m x'l)e"inade similarly adjustable upon the ro( b.

In combination with the central tube and spring, the exterior cone, E, rigidly attached to the tube, and the parallel flanges H H', attached to perforated-plate h, and braces t, the inner flange being perforated, and the plate adapted to be retracted until the flange is in contact with the cone E, substantially as described.

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LAFAYETTE COPLIN.

Witnesses:

W. B. DODDRIDGE, S. C. MGINTYRE. 

